Spotlight for mail cars



May 31, 1927. 1,631,003

DQ F., BRADSHAW SPOTLIGHT FOR MAIL CARS INVENTOR I M BY WITNESS: i I 7 ATTORNEY Patented May 31, 1927.

UNITED STATES Lana PATENT OFFICE.

DENNIS FLETCHER BRADSHAW, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SPOTLIGHT FOR MAIL CARS.

Application filed October 2, 192-6. Serial No. 139,129.

poses such as illuminating the ground adjacent the track to spot hold-up men if the .train has been held up.

This invention also consists in certain.

other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my'invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view through a portion of a mail car, showing my invention in use.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig ure 1.

4 Figure 5 is a plan view of the lamp supporting member.

In these views, 1 indicates a base which is fastened to the top of the mail car A adjacent one side thereof, the base having a sloping bottom for engaging the sloping part of the roof so that the upper face of the base will be in a horizontal plane. A casing 2 is supported on the base and the said casing is provided with a removable top 3. The base is provided with the bearings 4 and the removable top is provided with the bearings 5. A shaft 6 is journaled in a pair of the bearings 4 and 5 and extends downwardly into the car where it is provided with a handle 7, this portion of the shaft being journaled in a bracket 8 which is supported by a depending piece 9 of the car.

A shaft '10 projects through the cover of the casing and is journaled in the bearings 4 and 5 and the two shafts are geared together by the gears 11. A tubular member 12 of substantially T shape is fastened to the top of the shaft 10 and an L-shaped piece of pipe 13 is threaded in the short end of the member 12. The other end of the said member is curved downwardly and has a flaring mouth. A spot lamp 14 is fastened to the outer end of the pipe 13 and the conductors 15 from the said lamp pass through the pipe 18 and the tubular member 12 and pass from i the mouth of the said member and enter the carthrough the'opening 16, and these conduc-tors are connected to a battery or other source of current.

. A cap 18 covers the outer end of the journal 5 for the shaft 10 and is fastened to the shaft by a set screw 19, this shaft preventmg water from entering 'the casing.

From the foregoing, it will be seen-that I by rocking the shaft 6 by means of its handle 7, a mail clerk withinthe car can adjust the lamp to direct the rays of light therefrom upon objects along the track so that he can illuminate the station or place where themail is to be thrown or taken off. Thus the'clerk' can illuminate objects along the track without leaving the car.

Stops 17 are placed on the member 9 for limiting the movement of the shaft 6 and, therefore, the lamp. 7

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with in the scope of the appended claim.

In combination with a mail car, a casing mounted on the roof thereof, a shaft journaled in the casing and projecting from the top thereof, a tubular member of substantially T shape and having its depending part connected with the shaft, alamp connected with one end of the tubular member, conductors for the lamp passing into the other end of the tubular member and con-' nected with the lamp, said conductors passing into the interior of the car, a shaft havmg one end journaled in the casing and the 

